SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B420

Classification

2000

Street

500 COLLEGE AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• SWARTHMORE IS A CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING DEDICATED TO INTELLECTUAL EXPLORATION, ACCESS, AND EDUCATING FOR THE COMMON GOOD. THE AVERAGE ENROLLMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 WAS 1,702. THERE WERE 191 STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD. OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION, 1,459 COME FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHILE 243 COME FROM OTHER NATIONS. SWARTHMORE'S COMMITMENT TO FINANCIAL AID AND ACCESS IS AT THE CORE OF OUR EDUCATIONAL MISSION. THE COLLEGE STRIVES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL ADMITTED STUDENTS TO ATTEND SWARTHMORE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, AND MEETS 100 PERCENT OF DETERMINED NEED FOR ALL ADMITTED STUDENTS. NEARLY 54 PERCENT OF STUDENTS RECEIVED NEED-BASED SWARTHMORE SCHOLARSHIP AID FROM AN OVERALL FINANCIAL AID EXPENDITURES OF $60 MILLION. SWARTHMORE'S AID AWARDS CONSIST OF GRANTS (WHICH DO NOT NEED TO BE REPAID) AND THE EXPECTATION THAT STUDENTS WILL WORK IN A PART-TIME CAMPUS-BASED JOB. THE COLLEGE'S FINANCIAL AID AWARDS ARE LOAN-FREE. SWARTHMORE'S 425-ACRE ARBORETUM CAMPUS INCLUDES THE CRUM WOODS, A NATURALLY WOODED AREA COMPRISING NEARLY THREE-FIFTHS OF THE COLLEGE'S LAND. IN 2015, THE COLLEGE LAUNCHED ITS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK, A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FACILITIES OPERATIONS THAT INCLUDES SUSTAINABLE BUILDING GUIDELINES AND A PROJECT CHECKLIST. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE COLLEGE INSTITUTED A CARBON CHARGE THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR CAMPUS INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS THAT INCREASE ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY AND PROMOTE RENEWABLE ENERGY. SWARTHMORE WAS HONORED TO RECEIVE A 2017 SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS EXCELLENCE AWARD IN THE INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION CATEGORY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS NETWORK FOR OUR CARBON CHARGE PROGRAM. SWARTHMORE COLLEGE IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL QUALIFIED PERSONS, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY PERSON BY REASON OF SEX, RACE, COLOR, AGE, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THIS POLICY IS CONSISTENT WITH RELEVANT GOVERNMENTAL STATUES AND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE PURSUANT TO TITLE IX OF THE FEDERAL EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972 AND SECTION 504 OF THE FEDERAL REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.

  Expenses $257,619,156 · Grants $60,525,000 · Revenue $142,401,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $382,192,696

  Expenses

  $329,419,722

  Contributions

  $32,044,000

  Grants paid

  $60,525,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $361,641,058

  Expenses

  $300,780,205

  Contributions

  $16,887,000

  Grants paid

  $55,520,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $270,668,198

  Expenses

  $270,462,806

  Contributions

  $21,864,000

  Grants paid

  $51,792,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $417,219,590

  Expenses

  $254,409,720

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,462,902,000

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $364,464,007

  Expenses

  $224,987,991

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,573,029,000

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $328,644,061

  Expenses

  $233,312,571

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,777,013,000

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $342,149,238

  Expenses

  $230,543,871

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,785,049,000

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $338,606,525

  Expenses

  $216,890,557

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,643,223,000

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $886,521

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $747,492

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $718,079

  2024 · EDUCATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $525,817

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $505,152

  2022 · EDUCATION

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $483,250

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $442,420

  2024 · EDUCATION

• GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $325,000

  2022 · SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $293,500

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $242,500

  2024 · SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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